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CS2 Community Unify To Creatively Speed Up Armory Grind
On October 8th, 2024, several posts surfaced on the Counter-Strike subreddit, showcasing hilarious things players were doing in Casual game modes to farm extraordinary amounts of XP for the new Armory pass. Normally, people would play Premier or Competitive to get the most amount of XP but getting kills in a certain way yields much more. Of course, since such a task involves the whole lobby coordinating, Casual game modes have become most suitable for grinding the Armory this way.
IEM Rio 2024 Day 1: skullz Fulfills His Career-Long Dream
On October 8th, 2024, day 1 of IEM Rio 2024 saw many matches go down, some one-sided, some evenly matched between bitter rivals and some looking for the redemption run. For FURIA, this event meant something else since they’re on their home ground, Brazil. As a Brazillian team, it has always been FURIA’s vision to win major events on local soil, but unfortunately, it has always felt short for the past few years.
ohnePixel's Team DRILLAS Are Not Paid An Active Salary
On October 5th, 2024, concerning information surfaced about DRILLAS, ohnePixel’s CS2 team. The team was founded back in August as the German streamer took on an endeavour greater than opening cases and entertaining his viewers. The team was formed with the goal of reaching the Shanghai major, according to ohnePixel, for which they had quite a bit of matches to play. Once qualified, ohnePixel would be ever-so-closer to getting his very own sticker.
IEM Rio 2024: Everything You Need To Know And More
On October 4th, 2024, more details were revealed about the upcoming IEM Rio 2024 that every CS2 fan is looking forward to. The tournament is shaping up to be one of the most important events of the year as it's the final IEM (Intel Extreme Masters) event of 2024, meaning it’s the last chance to qualify for 2025 ESL Pro Tour. Organized by ESL FACEIT Group, 16 teams will go head-to-head from October 7th to 13th in Rio de Janeiro, also for a prize pool of a quarter of a million dollars.
CS2 Major Mega-Sized October 2024 Update And Patch Notes
On October 3rd, 2024, Valve dropped a massive update for CS2, introducing the Armory amongst many other minor changes and bug fixes. As far as the Armory is concerned, players can buy the Armory pass on Steam and start grinding it out to earn new cosmetic items. Amongst these new cosmetics are three weapon skin collections including the Overpass Collection, the Graphic Collection, and the Sport and Field Collection, all with 16 skins apiece. Let’s not forget The Gallery Case, a new type of Case packing 17 distinct weapon finishes all designed by players in the community.
On October 2nd, 2024, a popular clip from TenZ’s livestream started making the rounds on social media as he spoke the cold truth about CS2’s likely future. He called CS2 Valve’s adopted child, as much of the attention is clearly going to Deadlock, Valve’s hero-shooter MOBA game that’s currently in beta. Deadlock won’t be officially released for another few years but has been getting consistent mega-size updates, from new characters to major bug fixes to map changes, while CS2 collects dust.
The Thunderpick World Championship Details Revealed
On October 1st, 2024, LVL, teaming up with GRID, shared important details for the upcoming Thunderpick World Championship (first announced back in April), and it’s shaping up to be quite a historical event in the Counter-Strike circuit! It will go down as one of the biggest events in CS2 esports, with a prize pool of one million dollars, higher than anyone has ever seen. The prize pool, coupled with the premium venue of Berlin, CS2 fans are excited to see how things will unfold!
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NiKo Punches a Hole in the Table Live on Stage but Keeps Playing
On September 30th, 2024, fans watched back on G2’s intense run through the final stages of BLAST Fall Final. They had their toughest game in the tournament against Team Vitality in the semi-finals, winning which gave them a shot at going head-to-head with their arch-nemesis, Natus Vincere in the grand finals. Ultimately, they were able to beat NAVI in a relatively smooth yet underwhelming 3-1 game, leading fans to believe that the real grand final was G2’s game against Team Vitality.
Fan-Favorite s1mple Returning To Competitive Counter-Strike
On September 29th, 2024, Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev, a legend from the Counter-Strike: Global Offensive days, made his triumphant entry to the CS2 scene by signing a three-month loan with The Falcons from Natus Vincere. The announcement came from none other than the team itself, with the The Falcons X (formerly Twitter) page stating: “THE LEGEND RETURNS. s1mple is back on a 3-month loan. Time to soar higher.” While the contract is temporary, s1mple is definitely testing the waters with it, taking over the spot of the Spanish player Álvaro “SunPayus” García.
cadiaN Interview After Astralis Gets Eliminated in Last Place
On September 28th, 2024, day two of BLAST Fall Final saw its first team getting eliminated from the tournament - it was Team Astralis. This was two days after the recent controversy with the team boiled over. Specifically, Astralis was allowed to make a substitution for their captain Alexander "br0" Bro with Casper "cadiaN" Møller over a medical emergency ruling because the roster deadline had long since passed. However, according to br0’s agent, the former captain is perfectly healthy, something that organizers have failed to address while staying firm on their questionable decision.
Astralis Annihilated By Vitality In cadiaN's Debut Game
On September 27th, 2024, the first day of BLAST Fall Final played out, where, amongst many things, fans saw Team Vitality humiliate Team Astralis. They did not concede a single round to Team Astralis on their first map, Inferno, and delivered the final blow on the second map, Dust2, with a 13-4 win. While many did expect Team Vitality to have a dominant start to the tournament, given their track record this entire year, what has made this series all the more popular is the Astralis controversy that boiled over just a day prior.
BLAST Issues Public Statement Regarding The Astralis Situation
On September 25th, 2024, BLAST issued a public statement regarding its recent controversy due to which a boycott took place on the BLAST Premier Fall Final media day. Specifically, all team captains except Astralis’s cadiaN sat out on their media obligations, feigning illness. In a nutshell, the controversy pertains to BLAST allowing Astralis to substitute Alexander "br0" Bro for Casper "cadiaN" Møller past the typical roster deadline on a medical emergency ruling.
CS2 Players Boycotting BLAST Media Day Over Double-Standards
On September 24th, 2024, many professional CS2 players such as Liquid’s Twistzz, FaZe’s karrigan, Falcons’ Snappi, and Vitality’s apEX all posted on X (formerly Twitter) that “I might be unfit for Blast Media tomorrow.” Such a coordinated set of the exact same tweets spells nothing but a boycott, as almost half the players skip out on media obligations on the eve of a Major is a very serious matter.
Team Natus Vincere (NAVI) Win ESL Pro League Season 20
On September 23rd, 2024, history was made as Team Natus Vincere (NAVI) won ESL Pro League Season 20 in an intense 3-2 match against Team Eternal Fire. It was truly a magnificent moment for NAVI this year as the $170,000 prize money showed that they had moved past their loss to Team Vitality at IEM Cologne 2024, earlier this year. Of course, this is also their third trophy this year, as they won their previous two from PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 in March and the CS2 event at the Esports World Cup 2024 in July.